Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:33:45 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Multiple installations and 3PPs Message-ID: <20050121163345.GD20002@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <41F0D6DB.8010107@gmx.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 08:54:35AM -0500, Dick Repasky wrote: >Roman here is what I do. > >1) Install first instance of cygwin. >2) Export the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACINE/.../Cygnus Solutions to a > file. Use a filename that represents the install. >3) Delete the registry key. As usual, everyone is impressed with the fact that they know that cygwin uses registry keys and no one is thinking that they could use cygwin tools to manipulate them. If you need to have two installations, then you can use mount to switch back and forth. No need to muck with the registry. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/